Posts tagged with "Vegetarianism & Veganism"

Mar. 6 |
Question: As I work in the food and beverage industry, I occasionally have to eat meat and drink wine when doing food tasting. Beyond work, I do not do these. Is it alright for me to commit to the Five Precepts then?
Answer: As the first of the Five...

Jan. 8 |
Question: Is it alright to offer food with meat to the Buddha?
Answer: It is not a good idea to offer any dead sentient being to any Buddha, as each Buddha loves each sentient being like an only child, such that he would never wish anyone to have...

Oct. 25 |
Question: Are cordyceps considered vegetarian?
Answer: There are cordyceps that are grown out of the bodies of caterpillars, usually sold retaining the form of caterpillars. As the definition of what is ‘vegetarian’ is that it must be free...

Oct. 4 |
Question: Is lab-grown meat (i.e. cultured meat; clean meat; in vitro meat) ethical from the Buddhist perspective?
Answer: It must be noted that starter cells from animals are used in the initial stage of growing lab-grown meat. Though its production...

Dec. 7 | Even if the ideal is hard to reach,
working towards the ideal
is still more ideal than to not.
– Stonepeace | Books
I saw on TV that Australia was selling huge numbers of sheep and cows to Indonesia. They showed sheep all lined up, going to the slaughterhouse....

Oct. 11 |
Question: When I dine with my family in the same restaurant, I will be having vegan food while they have meat dishes. As I pay for all, am I considered to have ‘eaten’ meat?
Answer: This is not considered (killing or) eating meat, but it...

Feb. 22 |
Question: When chatting with meat-eating friends regarding myself going vegan, they say vegetables have life too. How should I reply?
Answer: You can reply that plants do indeed have life, but not sentient life (with feelings, emotions, reasoning)....

Feb. 1 |
Question: I am a nutritionist who educates on healthy eating through talks and cooking demonstrations. As the company I work in produces animal-based foods, I am tasked to promote their benefits too. Does my job create positive or negative karma, as...

Nov. 23 |
When compassion is greater than greed,
it is easy to abstain from eating animals.
– Stonepeace | Books
A common question among Chinese Buddhists is whether they are ‘allowed’ to eat cow. Is it a Buddhist practice to abstain from eating...

Sep. 23 |
Thinking, ‘As am I so are others,
as are others so am I’,
harm none nor have them harmed.
– Sakyamuni Buddha (Sutta Nipata 705)
For protecting humans upon complaints, does the searching for destroying of animal ‘pests’, such...

Aug. 18 | … Stop harming others, as you would want others to stop harming you… You can benefit others right away by not harming numberless sentient beings, by not eating them… With so many sentient beings, this frees them from being killed…...

Aug. 10 |
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